On Tue 19 Aug 2008 10:23, Jean-Christian de Rivaz pondered: > Robin Getz a écrit : > > On Tue 19 Aug 2008 04:14, Jean-Christian de Rivaz pondered: > >> Hello, > >> > >> Below in a patch proposition trying to fix the fact that with the > >> current u-boot the MAC address is not programmed on the SMC91111 if > >> u-boot start a kernel without using any network operation. > > > > I think something like this was sent to the U-Boot mailing list in > > the past, and rejected by Wolfgang. I suggest you send it to the mail > > list directly since this doesn't effect any Blackfin specific files. > > I will try to find the thread about this. So far I haven't found it. > > But how the current u-boot/u-boot-1.1.6 from the blackfin.uclinux.org > is related to the current u-boot from the git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git ? > There are bigs changes between 1.1.6 and 1.3.4 ! Even the directory layout > between the two are different.
Your patch: u-boot-1.1.6/drivers/smc91111.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------- u-boot-1.1.6/drivers/smc91111.h | 8 -------- should apply to trunk - they just moved from ./drivers to ./drivers/net http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=tree;f=drivers/net;h=a4c9e074e2dd277edb80e53f82779e512bc4de07;hb=HEAD > Have you no interest in fixing this issue for the Blackfin at least? I have no interest is applying patches which have been rejected upstream in the past. Getting out of sync, or supporting things which are not likely to be applied upstream becomes a never ending maintenance burden that I would not like to take on. > I am > not certain that the current u-boot from git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git is in > a stable state for the Blackfin platforms. I never said use it - I said send the patch. :) If I remember Wolfgang's objections - the feeling was that U-Boot should only touch/initialise hardware that it needs, and that the kernel should be responsible for setting things up from a default state. Isn't this a problem in the kernel driver if it is not setting up things properly? For now, don't send to the code - just ask of the concept is acceptable. If the concept is OK - then we can add it. If it is not - then getting out of sync with mainline isn't something we want to do. > If I am wrong, what the point in > providing a so different version from the blackfin.uclinux.org ? https://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=processes#development _______________________________________________ U-Boot-devel mailing list [email protected] http://blackfin.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/u-boot-devel
